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.application filed October 7, 1913.

.To all Iwhom t may concern.:

vlBe it known that l, ULRIKA LFGREN, a citizen of the United States, residing -at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Tinprovements in Dolls, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to dolls. Its prin cipal purpose is to provide a doll suitable for young children which is so made that there are no hard parts such as tips, points or ends which protrude so as to cause injury to the child, and which at the same time is so stiffencd and made that' it has a distinct shape which it will retain. My doll thus dill'ers from the so called rag doll or dolls which have no skeleton or stidening.

.lt is so made that all parts are flexible or pliable and so that the limbs and head can be bent into many desired positions and that when so bent, they will maintain their bent positions. j

While principally intended for the use of children, they are also of great value in window decorations as from their tleiiibility pliability and adaptability they can be used in a great variety of ways. They are also useful for favors at dances, for table and Christmas tree decorations, etc.

By' making the frame work of copper wire, my doll will not be injured by water By using oil paints and either fixed dyes or bleached ma terial for the covering and other parts, my doll may be even soaked in water or washed without injury thereto.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 shows the skeleton or frame. Fig. 2 shows the second step in the process of manufacture wherein the filling for the head is bound in place. Fig. 3 shows the condition of the device at a little later stage in the process of manufacture wherein the head has been covered ready to be painted while the filling of the body is in place as well as the'illing of both arms .and both legs while one arm has its knitted covering also in place. Fig. 4 is a front view of the completed doll. F ig; 5 is a side view of the completed doll showing some positions into which the arms and legs can be bent. Fig. 6 shows another method of bending the wire between the arms, legs and head.

The skeleton or frame is preferably made of a single piece of wire it. rThis wire Specication of Lettera'ltatent.

Patented Feb. lil, Serial No. 793,946.

should be preferably pliable and non-elastic so that it can be easily bent and will retain the shape to which it is bent. T prefer the ordinary insulated copper wire used for electric wiring as it has about the right pli-- ability and the presence of the insulation not only helps to give the desired consist eiicy but ygives a better hold for the hlling than bare metal wires would give, whereby it is better held in place.

Any pliable and non-elastic wire may be used and it may or may not he closely covered with sonic fabric to which the lling will 'tend to cling as in the case of insulated wire.

This wire is bent to form a loop or prefn erably a double loop 10 for the head and is then narrowed in at 11 for the neck after which in any desired way, it is bent to form the arms 12 and 13 and the legs leta'nd 15 all of which are so made that the wire double and terminates at the position of each hand and foot in a loop.` The end or tip 16 of the wire isbrought down inside and the other end or tip 1? is preferably' wound around the four sections of leg wires and the end 16, the tip l@ being pinched in close to what might be called the hack bone. The result of this construction is that there are no ends or tips of the wire in any enposed positions, as the tip of 16 is thou oughly covered up and the tip 18 is after ward covered by the filling for the body as will be explained hereafter. To hold the head, arms, and legs together, the wire may' be bent as shown in Fig. 1, or in Fig. @,or in any other suitable way.

Referring to Fig. 2, the nent step is to take a wad ory ball B of cotton or other suit able preferably compressible material of such a size that when compressed it will he the size of the head desired, and to shape this around the skeleton head 10. ly means of yarn or thread 2O the ball B is bound around and under the junction between the arms and the back bone and around the skeleton neck 11.

l use for the outside covering of my doll, knit goods such as stockinet, eideidown or other similar material whiclris flexible and preferably elastic.

Over the filling B, T stretch the covering C of knitted textile material which is suitu abl \Y rounded, shaped and sewed preferably at the back iii-to the shape of a head. This lllii lltl ' and f3 of the all in place,

may be finished at the top with a cap 2l as shown. I prefer to have the knitted material of the head cover C extend below the neck as shown at and to tie material C in at the neck by yarn orthread 23 whereby the head is properly shaped and is also held firmly to the skeleton.

rl`he filling D for the body may be of similar material to that of the head B and is shaped around the back bone and the tops of the legs lit and 15 and is preferably loosely tied in place by yarn or thread 30.

'At this stage also, the arms are wound preferably with strip material such as sheet wadding l0, al, 42 and 43 which holds itself in place sufficiently without further fastening by thread or yarn.

The arms are preferably covered With knit material E and F, which is sewed to a size to fit closely over the filling 40 or Ll1 and is then drawn into place and sewed to the head covering extension 22. The body and legs are preferably covered with a single piece of knit material formed with a body Gr and legs H and K. 1t is so cut and sewed that the legs will fit smoothly over the filling l2 legs and the body over the body filling D. rthe top is then brought up around the neck and sewed to the shoulder` ends of the arm coverings E and F and to the head covering extension 22.

To cover the seams around the neck and for ornamentation, I prefer to sew on an ornamental rutile L'. When the parts are the face can be painted on to face covering C and the body G and arms as well as cap 21 may' be painted in any design desired. l prefer to use oil paints for this purpose of such a character that they cannot be sucked off to the injury of the children and I prefer to make my dolls of white bleached undyed knitted goods so that there will be no dyes to injure the child.

In Fig. 5, l show various positions to f which the legs and arms can be bent in which positions they will remain until forced to a ii'erent position. The may be made to support one another in the standing position, to hang by the hands from above, to stand supported by a staff, to appear to be walking or dancing together and to assume various ornamental and unique postures.

lt. will be noted that the arms and legs can he bent at any point and in any direction as they are thin and uniformly pliable and not merely at the elbows and knees. The head may be bent within certain limits and it is so firmly attached to the skeleton and to the body that it is not injured or weakened by being so bent.

My device has a skeleton which is pliable and non-elastic, while the filling is flexible and preferably compressible and the skin or cover is flexible and preferably elastic.

dolls so constructedI While my preferred construction hasl a complete skeleton with a backbone and with arms, legs and liead all formed of a single wire so bent that each is double with a loop at the end, and all tios are brought in closely to the backbone and the wire is pliable and non-elastic, I do not confine myself to a wire which is pliable and non-elastic. When any wire is so made into a skeleton fh it the arms and legs each iuelude a wire so doubled that there is a loop ai', the end and the tips are brought inside. the body, it is included in my invention.

l claim l. A doll comprising a pliable and nonelastic wire frame yformed with arms and legs each made of wire so bent as to be double with a loop at the end with no tips in the arms or legs, combined with a filling for the head and body, a cover vfor the head and body, and flexible covering 'for the arms and legs.

2. A doll cominisingil a. pliable and nonelastic wire skeleton formed with a back bone and in whi/.l the arms. legs and head are formed ol .a 'iw-nt as to be double with a loop at the end and all tipsl are brought in 'closely io the back bone, cour bined with flexihhl filling. and a flexible eovering for the filling as described.

3. A doll comprising a skeleton of one piece of flexible wire formed willi a bark bone and arms and legs so bent as to be double with a. loop at the end and both tips brought in closely* '.o filling, and a knitted textile material covering for the tillinj. 'ei'ibed.

el. A. doll wliu etunprises a skeleton formed of omk pitt-e nf pliable and non elastic copper wire with a back bone and so bent that the arms and legs are double with a loop at the end and noih tips are brought in closely lo the. bark bone, a fabric which closely covers said wire, and a flexible filling, together with a covering for the filling of knitted textile material as described.

A doll comprising a wire skeleton formed with arms and legs each made of wire so bent as to be double with a loop at. the end and with all tips brought inside the body, combined with a body filling whicl covers said tips, nd a flexible covering foi) the arms and l i G. A doll comprising a pliable and non elastic wire skeleton Vl'ormed with a bart lione and in ui'liirli the arms and legs aie formed of wire so hen( as to be double with a loop at the end and with all tips brought in closely to the hack bone, combined with a body filling which covers said tips, and a flexible and elastic covering as described.

7. A doll comprising a pliable and non` elastic wire skeleton formed with armsz and legs each made of' wire so bent as to be double, with a loop at the end and with all tipa lie bark bone, a flexible j fit) tratante broughtinside the body, combined With a, body filling which covers said tips, and a flexible and elastic covering as descrlbed.

8. A doll comprising a pliable and nonelastic wire skeleton formed with arms and legs each made of Wire so bent as to be 'double -with a loop at the end and with all l the end and both Wire tips are brought in closely to the back bone, a illing for the body which covers said tips, and strip material which incloses the doublewire of each arm and leg, together With a covering for the arms, legs and body of knitted textile material as described.

l0. ln a doll, a pliable Wire skeleton formed with a back bone and With arms and legs formed of Wire so bent as to be double with a loop at the end of each and With all tips brought in closely to the back bone.

l1. A doll comprising a pliable Wire skeleton formed with arms and legs each made of wire so bent as to be double, with a loop at the end and with all tips brought inside the body, combined with a body filling which covers said tips, strip material which in' closes the double Wire of each arm and leg, together with a covering for the arms, legs and body of knitted textile material as described. l2. In a doll, a skeleton having arms and legs each formed of Wire so bent as to be double with a loop at the end of, each and lilvith all tips brought in closely to the bawone..

13. A doll comprising a pliable and nonelasticwire frame formed with arms and legs each made of Wire so bent as to be double witha loop at the end With no tips in the arms or legs, and a liexible covering for the arms and legs.

14. A doll comprising a pliable and nonelastic Wire frame formed With arms and legs each made of Wire so bentias to be double with a loop at the endvwith no tips in the arms or legs.. l

l5. A doll comprising a pliable and nonelastic Wire frame formed With armsand. legs each made of Wire so bent as to` be doublel with a loop at the end with no tips in the arms or legs, combined With a head and body, all Wire tips being covered and protected by the head or body.

ln testimony whereof ll hereto ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ULRIKA LFGREN. Witnesses:

GARDNER W.. Pearson, FISHER H. PON. 

